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selvage

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Selvage  \Sel"vage\,  Selvedge  \Sel"vedge\,  n.  [Self  +  edge,  i. 
  e.,  its  own  proper  edge;  cf  OD  selfegge.] 
  1.  The  edge  of  cloth  which  is  woven  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
  prevent  raveling. 
 
  2.  The  edge  plate  of  a  lock,  through  which  the  bolt  passes. 
  --Knight. 
 
  3.  (Mining.)  A  layer  of  clay  or  decomposed  rock  along  the 
  wall  of  a  vein.  See  {Gouge},  n.,  4.  --Raymond. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  selvage 
  n  1:  an  ornamental  fringe  at  either  end  of  an  oriental  carpet 
  [syn:  {selvedge}] 
  2:  the  edge  of  a  fabric  that  is  woven  so  that  it  will  not  ravel 
  or  fray  [syn:  {selvedge}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  selvage  /sel'v*j/  n.  [from  sewing  and  weaving]  See  {chad} 
  (sense  1). 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  selvage 
 
  {chad}




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